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The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by Frank Emmanuel Zachos Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C, Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor) Host: Marta Szulkin Abstract: The species problem is one of the most passionately discussed, but also one of the most exhausting topics in biology. Rather than discuss the 34 or so different species concepts in detail, I will highlight some recent conceptual advances, emphasize the fact that the term “species” is used to denote different things and, most importantly, present evidence that the way we define the species category and delimit species taxa has consequences not just for taxonomy and systematics, but also for ecology and evolutionary biology more generally and for conservation biology and environmental policy as well. These ramifications, whose relevance cannot be overestimated, are much less often targeted than theoretical or philosophical issues of the species problem, although they arguably represent one of the most pressing dilemmas in biology. |
Frank Emmanuel Zachos Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria on “The Species Concept”
event date: 8 November 2017
